Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1887-08-08

The New York Times publishes re-
ports from northern and eastern New
York Vermont and western Massa-
chuseCts OF the condition Of growing
and matured crops The yield. taken
s. s whole. i b0untiful The drouth
In Nav gave everything 4 slow start,
but frequent rains since. alternating
with hot weather. have been favoFa-
be 70 rapid growth Hay Is gener-
silly s very satisfactory crop In
northern New York and Vermont the
yield i Iarge-aIrnost without prece-
dent II recent year-while in other
places reports E@+r- undertaking
having done some damage 70 grass.
The general statements show that
hay viii Be plentiful The rains Of
the last few days have interfered with
gathering and To a certain extent
have been unfav0rabIe IN hay in the
field but It i not believed generally
that the pleasing reports viii be ma
teriaIly changed BY showers Rye
does not show a. good results s. nav.
While excellent crops have been g
cured IN some places, other places
have not Jared % we'll Some rye
was smothered BY heavy snow. The
quality seems % be generally good.
Grain Is well headed but the quanti-
y has been disappointing. Early
drOuth retarded oats. but they have
since picked up wonderfully. The
Springfield Republican, crop reports
from this state are equally favorable.
a. Published in It's issue Of Wednes-
day
a very productive season Is the
universal report from all parts Of the
Green Mountain state. A phenome-
nal hay crop, say many Of the large
farmer-frOm one-fOurth 20 one-third
larger than last year. when the crop
IN many places Was even more than
the avsrage and many Of the farm
barns are yet stocked with old hay.
which has sold for $40 and So q ton.
Or about the price asked for new hav
There L hardly q section. a. far a.
can Be learned. where the hay crop
has not exceeded that Of last year.
The pastures too. have generally
frightened up and held out better
than for several years, affOrding pIen-
" Of feed for larger herds than have
been summeFed for some seasons
The early part Of the season was IN
usually vet, which prevented the
farmers from getting their seed into
the ground until late: bat. nOtwith-
standing this, everything grew rapid
II with favorable weather. and TO-DAY
the corn Is looking finely IN most
places, while the small grains have
done equally well Oats and rye will
probably yield more to the acre than
last season, while about all the crops
have thus far been harvested In good
condition The potato crop a. a rule
Is expected 70 be abundant, though IN
some Of the hill towns the potato bug
has done much injury. The Wild
raspberry crops large in most places.
and Wilmington people, who have
usually had quite revenue from the
sale II these berries for jams and cor
diaIs. ind il difficult u secure a mar
ket for them this season. Blackber4
ries are likely 70 b. abundant. ApF
pies are plenty IN some parts II Wind,
ham county. while some complain
tnat the crop viii BE- a failure. Asa
whole it seems probable that the crop
vii be beloE that Of last year. When
it vas larger than usual The West
rIver valley probably never showed
more promising crops. and this j. also
true u the Connecticut waller Bo.Tth
Of BrattEebOro.